CWNU 2946

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0.16 UTI
0.76
CN
0.14
Cdens
0.75
CC3
0.0
Clit
0.5
Cdup
Core radius and density 3.9 [pc], 0.7 [pc-2]
  • CN 0.76 Rich
  • Cdens 0.14 Very loose
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 0.0 Rarely studied
  • Cdup 0.5 Likely unique

Overview

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CWNU 2946 is a rich, very loose object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a very large* distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as an old cluster (see Parameters). It was recently reported in the literature.

(*): The parallax distance estimate (~11.57 kpc) differs significantly from the median photometric distance (~6.92 kpc).

Note: This object contains blue stragglers according to at least one source.

Note: This is likely a unique object, which shares a moderate percentage of members with at least one previously reported entry. See table with shared members information.

Data

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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC 99999– 161.957 -55.867 0.086 -4.241 2.027 50.307
Cui et al. 2025 161.955 -55.864 0.08 -4.24 2.02 –
He et al. 2023 161.958 -55.868 0.078 -4.244 2.023 54.04

💡 Note: The UCC values are estimated from its identified members.

Reference Year Dist [kpc] Av [mag] DAv [mag] Age [Myr] [Fe/H] [dex] Mass [Msun] Bfrac BSS
UCC 99999– 6.92 1.7 – 1912 – – – 2
Cui et al. 2025 – 1.55 – 2239 – – – 2(1)
He et al. 2023 6.92 1.85 – 1585 – – – –

(N): Indicates that there are N extra values assigned to this parameter in the corresponding reference.

Cluster % RA DEC Plx pmRA pmDE Rv UTI
HSC 2350 50.0 161.96 -55.87 0.08 -4.24 2.02 52.17 0.31

💡 Note: The % column shows the percentage of members that CWNU 2946 shares with each listed object.

Visualization

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